Pressing device



Oct. 20, 1931. A. E. WEINGARTNER PRESS ING DEVICE Filed Dec. 27, 1929 Patented Oct. 2%, 1931 UNITED STATES ANTHONY E. WEINGARTNER, OFHBETI-ILEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA rnnssrne. DEVICE 1 Application filed December 27, 1929. Serial No. 416,882.

This invention relates to improvements in portable presses of a type adapted for pressing relatively small articles of apparel, such as neckties.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a press of the stated character which will be simple in construction, strong and effective, and easily manipulated.

Another object of the invention is to provide a press including opposed compression members and a novel form of clamp whereby relatively high compressive forces may be applied to the article through the said members. V

The invention resides further in certain structural details hereinafter set forth and illustrated in the attached dra-win 's, in which:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a press made in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a detached View of the clamp illustrating the method by which in operation it is applied to the press, and

Fig. 3 is a view in perspective of a modification within the scope of the invention.

With reference to the drawings, the press in a preferred form comprises two substan'- tially wedge-shaped or tapered compression members 1 and 2 between which the article to be pressed is placed and which are forced inwardly against each other and upon the interposed article by means of a clamp 3.

The clamp 3 comprises essentially a pair of bands 4 and 5 adapted to embrace the members 1 and 2 as illustrated, these bands being connected in spaced relation by means of suitable connecting elements 6 secured thereto at the narrow sides. In a preferred embodi ment, the joints between the elements 6 and the bands 4: and 5 are pivotal in character and are such as to permit a distortion of the clamp from the normal substantially rectangular form shown in full lines in Fig. 2 to the form illustrated by the broken lines in which the clamp in effect takes the form of a rhomboid. In the embodiment shown in Figs. 1 and 2, all elements of the clamp are made of heavy wire, and the normal flexibility of the wire is such as to permit the distortion described.

he form of the clamp 3 plays an important part in the present invention, since it pro vides means whereby Without the exercise of unduephysical force a relatively high pressure may be applied to the members 1 and 2, and through the members to the article under compression, which in the drawings is illustrated as a necktie 7 In applying the clamp, the band elements 4 and 5 are drawn over the small ends of the compression members 1 and 2, as shown in Fig. 1. By then bracing the larger end of the compression members against a suitable abutment, and thereafter applying pressure alternately to the opposite narrow sides of either of the bands 4 or 5, the entire clamp may be worked with comparative ease, toward the large ends of the compression members until a compressive force of considerable magnitude is obtained. It will be understood, of course, that the bands 4 and '5 differ dimensionally in accordance with the taper of the members land 2 so that the two bands exert a corresponding force at the points where they respectively engage the members.

In practice, I prefer to employ a thin plate 8 around or over which the necktie. or other article may be placed flat prior to its insertion between the members 1 and 2. A characteristic feature of this device resides in the fact that in tightening the clamp the compression members 1 and '2 have no relative movement with respect to the inserted article so that there is no opportunity for the article to develop wrinkles following insertion between the said elements.

In Fig. 3, I have illustrated a modified form of clamp in which the connecting elements 6a are formed of sheet metal, there being in this case a straight pivotal connection between these elements 6a and the band elements 4a and 50;.

It will be understood that the device may be considerably modified as to form without departure from the invention, and that the various elements may be given the shape and dimensions bestadapted for the pressing of any particular class of article.

I claim:

1. In a press, the combination with a plurality of tapered compression members adapted for application to the opposite sides of an article to be pressed, means for binding said members against the interposed article including a clamp embracing said members, said clamp including a plurality of spaced bands differing dimensionally in accordance with the taper of said members so as to exert substantially equal forces upon the members at the spaced points at which they respectively engage the latter, and elements connecting the ends of said bands and having a loose connection therewith to permit distortion of the clamp as a whole in the operation of working the clamp into an operative position upon the tapered compression members.

2. In a press, the-combination with a plurality of tapered compression members having opposed pressing faces, a clamp for forcibly pressingsaid members toward each other, said clamp comprising a pair of spaced bands embracing the said members and dimensioned to closely engage the members at spaced points longitudinally thereof, and elements connecting the ends of said band members and having a pivotal connection therewith.

In a press, a plurality of compression members having opposed pressing faces, said members when assembled with said faces in operative relation forming a tapered body, and means for holding said members together under pressure including a pair of substantially rigid bands adapted respectively to closely embrace said tapered body at spaced points longitudinally thereof, and means for flexibly connecting said bands.

ANTHONY E. WEINGARTNER; 

